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Loading a car onto a train in Vladivostok

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tombarwick Just Starting Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 4	Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:05 pm    Post subject: Loading a car onto a train in Vladivostok Hi, Myself and some friends want to drive from Moscow to Vladivostok. However, we dont have time to drive back! I have heard of people loading cars onto trains to get them to Moscow from Vladivostok. Do you know how we might do this? Many thanks, Tom
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DITTRICH WayToRussified Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 429 Location: London UK	Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:20 am    Post subject: Dear Tom, Google "freight forwarding" companies in vladivostock. Most of these companies deal with putting container traffic on and off the railways. I was last in that area over 14 years ago but I see "silver wind" website still working. My main contacts from those days are in Vostochny - not Vladivostock - which is 4 hours away and whilst they could undoubtably help, there's not much point as you need someone in Vladivostock to handle everything. You need to pay attention to visas as a tourist visa won't cut it for a trip this long. You also need to be sure about whether you want the car exported outside Russia or just delivered back to Moscow. Bear in mind a container back to Moscow might cost USD5k but with the credit crunch who knows maybe less. Les
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tombarwick Just Starting Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 4	Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:43 pm    Post subject: hi les, thanks for your reply. i have emailed a few of those companies that google threw up. perhaps some of your contacts in vostochny might know how to help in vladivostok? if not we could use them instead. 4 hrs isn't much if we've got that far! i would prefer to use someone tried and tested if possible. $5000 sounds like a lot. there used to be a steady flow from vladivostok to moscow of japanese cars to be sold in moscow supposedly at a profit. there must be a cheaper way. any other ideas? tom
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DITTRICH WayToRussified Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 429 Location: London UK	Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:20 am    Post subject: Tom, 1 I was last in vostochny in 1998 around 11 years ago. 2 I did get a company called VIFS to give me an idea of the cost of a 20' container back to moscow and I was told (in 2006) around USD5k 3 Now here is the bad news - I just checked and the bloke I knew just left VIFS in September 2008 - he was the CEO. Someone new there now. I used to work in VICS - container port operator. 4 Silver Wind in Vladivostock is the best bet IMHO. Les
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